Shipping box for clothing



im.v j15. 1927. I

w. Al-l. BATTs SHIPPING BOX FOR CLOTHING Filed June l. 1 925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Feb. 15, 1921.',

w. H. 'BA1-Ts 'SHIPPING BOX FOR CLOTHINQy Filed June 1. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet' jm y, i

Patented eb. 15, 1927.

sir 'rr tersa sHrrPrne Box ron CLOTHING.

Application led June 1,

This invention relates to a'shipping box for clothing wherein clothing may be placed on hangers Vand the hangers securely connected with an end or both ends of the box so that no possibility of disengagement of the hangers can take place when the box is closed and sealed for shipment, but from which the hangers may be readily released when the box is opened after its destination has been reached, t is a primary object and purpose of the present invention to provide a simple construction'of this character which is strong,V durableand efficient. The invenv tion consists of many novel details of construction and arrangement of parts for eferv fectively attaining the ends stated,V as will be fully apparent from thefollowing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view Vshowing the manner in which thehangers for the garments vare releasably-connected with'the endofa box in which garments are held for shipping.

Fig.V 2 is anrenlarged. fragmentary vertical section through the construction shown in .'Fig. 3 is a similarsection, the box being inclosed condition and the hangers. locked` in place against disengagement from the member with which they are connected.

Fig.` 4 is alongitudinal vertical section? rthrough the shippingbox.I garmentsrbeing connected withboth ends tl'iereof4 Y i Fig. L'5 is a fragmentaryhorizontal section 'il through one end of the shipping box illus-V tratingaslightly modied formof'construction andI one which is used lwhen rounded suspension hooks for the garment hangers are used, an d Fig.V 6 isa fragmentary transverse Vvertical l -section through the construction shown in FiglV showing an inner end elevation Vof the shipping box.

Like reference characters referto like parts in the severalv views of the drawings.

.The box may be of any desired construction having a bottom 1, ends 2 anda top or cover?) with Vthe `usual lsides completing the box and Vthis box maybe ofany desired or required depth. While it is shown in the drawings as-shallow andcapable Vof containingbutftwo suits at each end, the depth'may be incr easedfor additionalsuits of clothes as is obvious. VThe box shown is of paper board but the material used to make the box is ynot 1926. Serial No. 112,783.

limited in any respect to paper board' but any1 desired material may be usedquite as we On the inner side ofthe ends of the box, either one or both of `said ends, a vsheet metal supporting member is secured. Thismem- -ber is 'of channel form having avertic'al web l from which flanges 5, are bent at right angles and from the edges ofzwhich flanges outwardly turned sections 6 arey bent, lthe same lying against the inner side ofthe end. 2 of the box and throughwhich rivets or other, equivalent fastening means are passed to secure the sheet metal l member rigidly .to and within the box.l substantiallymidway between its sides. Theweb l is spacedl a diS- tance from the inner si de 'of the end to which it is attached. A plurality of spaced apart rectangular. slots 7 are out in thewebpand lthe metal which is struck therefrom at one.

these hooks are of what is known as the' squareform and each terminates in an eye loop 11 thoughwith this type of hook the loopllhas no function in connection with. retaining thehangers in engagement with the parts. 8.- `The upper horizontal "section of the hook 10 passes freely through the opening between the free edge ofthe hook part 8V and the adjacent upperA edge ofthe slot 7 fand may then be vengaged lvvithsaid Vhook support?. Each of the members 8 may have'a suspension hooklO of a garment hanger L9 connected therewith. s

W'henfthe box is filled in orderto hold all of the hooksl() against disengagementfrom the supporting members with which they are connectedV a Vlocking ybar 12. is passed downwardly between, the webv 4 and the ad-l Iiacent yinnerV side of the end 2 ofthe box'.

This bar 12 may be of any )suitable material and` in .practice may convenien'tf ly be lof paperboard having an upper section 13, turned yat right f angles, as shown'. When entered back of the web 4,

as shown in Fig. 3, itprevents movement of 1 the hooks -10 so that fthe' saine' 'cannot accidentallydisengage therefrom. Vfith the eover Sin closed position, as shown in Fig. 3,

the locking bar 12 cannot'beinovedand thedent.

Y may be easily removed, whereupon the hooks 10 of the garment hangers may be readilyj disconnected from the sheet metal channel support with which they have been engaged.

The box may be oi a length such as to carry clothes at one end only thereof or, as shown lin Fig. 4L, it may be increased somewhat in length so that the clothes may be placed in both ends overlapping cach other, each end 4of the boi; beingequipped with the construction shown in Fig. 1 for connecting the garment hangers securely in place.

In Figs. 5 an '6 the same invention is shown of a form which will permit the use ofthe so-calledV round suspension hooks oi" garment hangers. In such case the web l is formed with an inwardly pressed concave f miidsection1 la in which th-e slots `7?LV are cnt, Y the supporting'Y members 8a being formed Y of the garment hangers.

with the curve of the concave section 4 so as to receive the curved or rounded hooks d The loop or eye 11v at the end of the hook in such case becomes ofv value as the ends olii the same strike against the web 4? at one end of the slots 7a so that the hook 10a` cannot follow around they curvedV supporting portion 8 and disengage therefrom. In order to disengage a hook 10iL fromits supporting por- 'f tion 8EL it is necessary to give the garment hanger a movement to the lett (referringV to'Fig.V 5) which will turn the hook 10aV in a clockwise direction moving the terminal eye 11 away from the web 4:. The saineY locking bar 12 with its upper end 13 Vvis used with this construction. Itis, however,

' to lbe understood that with certain yieldable materials .used lin making shipping boxes it is possible to construct thesheet metal channel member so as to bring the web d-closer to the end ilo-ic the kbox andinsert the suspension hooks for the garmentY hangers into vplace by pressing the same against the end of the VYbox which will yield suiiiciently to permit the lsame being hooked over the parts S or Sa@ This canbe Adone withy boxes made of paper board in which caserthe locking bar 12 will not beneeded.

v Myinvention comprehends .making the structure either with or without the lockingV vbar 12 as ,may be thoughtbest. This constructionof shipping case and support for y garment hangers on which garments are p1aced,'is very strong and durable and may be economicallyproduced. The invention is defined in the appended claims and VisV to be 'considered' comprehensive of allv forms.

t ofstructure coming within theirscope. y

vI claim 1. In combination with'are'ceptacle hav-YV Y mg an end, a member attachedto-'theinner Y side of said end oi the receptacle having a web and flanges extending inwardly toward said end of the receptacle whereby the web is spaced from the end of theV receptacle,

said web having a plurality .of slots cut therein, means extending from one edge of each of said slots with which a garment vhanger lioolr may engage, and a locking member slidalily received between saidweb V and the endV of the receptacle to lock the garment hanger hook against disengagement.

In combination with a receptacle having an end, a sheet metal member including a web paralleling and passed a distance from the end of the receptacle, means permanently securing said sheet metal member tothe end oi" the receptacle, said web having a plurality of spaced apart Ytransverse slots Vcnt therein, the metal at one edge of each slot' struck from the web in making the slots being formed into a garment hook supporting portion, and a locking' bar slidably' received between said web and the adjacent metal Vat one edge of @iLChO Sadlots ,being V160 formed into a hook support.

4.. A shipping case or `receptacle having a bottom', sides, ends and a movable closureY top combined with'means secured to an endv of the receptacle with which garmentV hanger'V hooks may have detachable engagement, and

a locking bar removably associated with said means forvrholding lthe hooks against against disconnectionby the closure of the receptacle.

ing a. bottom, sides, lends and a movable clothe webs of said members being provided disengagen'ient, said locking bar beingV held Y y Y Y K K 5. In combination with' arecep-tacle havwith spaced apart transverse slots and withY hook support located at each slot, a locking bar slidablyreceived in each of .said

channel members between the rwebs thereof and the adjacent end of the receptacle,l said bar being formed at its upper end with a section turned 1 at right angles to the body-V ef the bar wherebyjwhen the closure top to v the receptacle' is in Vclosed position it'en'- gages against said section andholds it and the attached locking bar against movement.

1 l6. In a device of theclass described; a flatf member, a sheet Ymetal, -meinber' of .channell :torni attached to one side ofthe iiatmember'i having a-web spaced a yshort distance Vfrom the adjacent side of said fiat member, said Web being provided With a vplurality of spaced apart transverse slots, a support for a hook located at one edge of each slot, and a locking bar slidably received between the Web and said flat member, substantially as being formed With a longitudinal concave depression and having a plurality of slots cut transversely therein, metal struck from the web in cutting said slots be-ing. formed into a concave support for a rounded hook, substantially as described.

8. A construction containing the elements in combination dened in claim 7, combined with garment hangers having rounded hooks engaged with said supports therefor, each of the hooks of the garment hangers terminating in an eye adapted to engage against an adjacent portion of the said Web.

9. A construction containing tlie'elements in combintion deiined in claim 7 combined with a plurality of garment hangers having rounded hooks engaged with said hook supports, each of said garment hanger hooks terminating in an eye `adapted to bear against the web, and a locking bar slidably received in the channel member between said hooks and the adjacent end of the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I afiX my signature.

WALTER H. Barrs.k 

